2001 HURRICANE IRIS
HITS BELIZE
The Salisbury Maryland
Daily Times, Wednesday, 10 October, 2001 :
Belize City, Belize:
A 120 foot American deep
sea divers boat with 20 vacationing Virginians on board
capsized as Hurricane
Iris with 140 mph winds roared into Belize. All 20 divers were
lost
and feared drown.
The 120 foot MV Wave
Dancer carried 20 Richmond divers and 8 crew members
of the Peter Hughes Diving
Team of Miami. Belize coastal towns were devastated by Iris
this years strongest storm
that left Tuesday the 9th. 5 of the 8 crew were
saved. The Wave
Dancer was docked in Big
Creek, 80 miles SSW of Belize City, and a storm surge lifted
the divers boat, snapped
all the lines and threw her on the dock.
Belize officials did not
know if there were more deaths due to the storm. Hundreds of
homes were destroyed as
was the Independence soccer stadium and only hotel.
Abstract: Daily Times,
Salisbury, Maryland, Wednesday, 10 October, 2001.
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